Men's Carbon

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What’s worse? Slipping off your bike pedals or going horizontal on a wet sidewalk in front of your friends? We think it’s a tie, so we built the Carbon to keep you on your feet in both situations. Designed as a casual work/play commuter, it’s a premium upgrade from other casual bike shoes – thanks to the fine leather and micro-canvas upper, and the super-traction sole below. The Spider365 rubber and PedalLINK pattern provide amazing grip without bulking out the low profile. And the leather won’t tear up inside your pedal cage.

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Spider 365™

One rubber, huge range of uses. Spider365 Rubber is the spork of our rubber arsenal.

Mush® Infused Insole

Now we're not necessarily splicing Mush® genes back in the T.I.D.E Lab to build a hybrid mutant insole, but we do have an insole that’s worthy of the Mush name.

Pedlamp™

Slipping off your pedal can be painful … and really, really awkward. To prevent that, we worked with our team of professional freeride bikers to develop the PedalLINK outsole. It was designed to link up with the pegs of your pedal to keep your foot in place and in control. On top of that, it's got lugs at the toe and heel to help you get around when you're off your bike.

Our PedalLINK outsole was designed specifically to interface with the unique platform of a bike pedal.

Our Spider365 Rubber sole will hold its grip in all kinds of environments.

I wanted to like these so badly when I got them the first time, and at the higher price point for a pair of sneakers, I hoped that they would be worth it. Two weeks after receiving my order and cycling to work every day, the soles had begun to separate from the upper, as if no glue had been used to affix them!

The "leather" bits look worn after the first couple of rides, so they don't transition as well as commute-to-an-office shoes.

As shoes intended for cycling, I do appreciate that they developed a system for concealing your laces, but they tiny reflective patch on the side gets dirty quickly, and is hardly large enough to be noticeable to even be called a safety feature on the shoe. Perhaps they could make it larger, and on the heel portion, where drivers and other cyclists would be more likely to see it?

After the first pair fell apart, Teva quickly sent me a new pair, and it's fared better than its predecessor, and while I find the shoes comfortable and good looking, I think they fail in the "cycling shoe" department.

Bottom line: good sneakers with more support than similar looking brands of shoe, but not exactly living up to it's own hype as a cycling shoe.

The heel drop is 11mm. There is arch support in this shoe and it is molded into the insole not the footbed. All of our biking shoes have a drop. However, if you looking for a flat footbed, I would recommend the Crank.